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  • Call NumberDEPT_0118
  • TitleMissouri Francis
  • SummaryCaption: "The band played that special Truman waltz and folks ... cheered when 'Missouri Francis,' the talking mule, from the picture of the same name, hee-hawed his way into the boro to meet some celebrities at Namm's. Accompanied by Broncho Pete, Franny bayed hello to Maj. Benjamin Namm and Representative Louis Heller. ... Hopalong Rabbity, the store's Easter floorwalker, was there." A. I. Namm & Son department store was located on Fulton Street in Downtown Brooklyn.
  • Date1950
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic printsportraits
  • NoteRetouched. Stamped on verso: date: Mar. 18, 1950; "Photo by Henry Rapisarda." Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorRapisarda, Henry
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectCostumes -- New York (State) -- New York [lctgm] ; Executives -- New York (State) -- New York ; Legislators -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • RightsCopyright restrictions apply to the use of this work. For more information or to obtain a reproduction of this work, contact the Center for Brooklyn History at Brooklyn Public Library.
  • FolderFolder: Department stores: Namm, A. I. & Son: People: